Video: Tyler the Creator Trashes Roxy Set; Arrested for Vandalism

Tyler the Creator from the band Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA), winner of the Best New Artist Award for ""Yonkers" poses in the press room during the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on Aug. 28, 2011 in Los Angeles

*Rapper Tyler the Creator, real name Tyler Okonma, was arrested after he allegedly trashed equipment at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood during a show where he performed, a celebrity website reported Friday.

Okonma was arrested on suspicion of vandalism, according to TMZ. [Watch footage of his arrest below.]

Sheriff’s officials were not immediately able to give any information about the arrest, and Okonma did not appear in the department’s online inmate information center.

A show attendee posted video of Okonma apparently throwing and kicking a microphone. [Watch below.] Fans posting on Twitter said the rapper had thrown the microphone at a sound engineer.

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